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THE STORY TOLD BY 312 CHILDREN · penna!

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  SPEAKER_00: one June, World Children's Day.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yesterday we spoke once again about just how precious children are.
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  SPEAKER_00: We said they are our future.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yet I think this year we need to ask a slightly more difficult question.
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  SPEAKER_00: What does it really mean to protect children?
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  SPEAKER_00: The Minister for Labor and Social Security shared some important figures in Parliament.
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  SPEAKER_00: He revealed that in 2025, interventions were carried out for three hundred and twelve children on suspicion of abuse and home visits were conducted in relation to these children.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's pause for a moment and reflect on this figure.
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  SPEAKER_00: And these are only the children the system has been able to identify.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then there are those who remain unseen, those who cannot speak out, those who are afraid, children whom no one has noticed.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is precisely why the issue of children's rights is not merely a matter of loving children.
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  SPEAKER_00: It is a matter of being able to protect children and empower them by ensuring their rights are upheld.
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  SPEAKER_00: For years we have been discussing child abuse, children's mental health, the right to education, children drawn into crime, and the shortcomings of the child protection system.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we are right to do so.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because even today we have still not managed to establish a child monitoring center.
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  SPEAKER_00: We have serious shortcomings in the field of children's mental health.
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  SPEAKER_00: It is impossible to take effective action with laws dating back to the 1930s.
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  SPEAKER_00: Social services have not been able to specialize to the extent required in a field such as child protection, which demands specific expertise.
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  SPEAKER_00: The system that is supposed to protect children often only steps in after an incident has occurred and attempts to proceed by trial and error.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yet experts working in the field of children's rights around the world are now drawing attention to a different issue.
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  SPEAKER_00: We need to establish an institutional framework capable of conducting risk assessments regarding issues affecting children, preventing violations, intervening urgently where necessary, and monitoring the process following any harm.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is not a burden that a single department can bear alone.
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  SPEAKER_00: There is a need for a child protection mechanism that operates through consultation and puts interagency cooperation into practice.
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  SPEAKER_00: The threats facing children do not stem from a single issue poverty, disengagement from education, mental health issues, violence, neglect, abuse, bullying and social exclusion are all interlinked.
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  SPEAKER_00: A child's disengagement from school exacerbates another problem.
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  SPEAKER_00: Poverty increases another risk.
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  SPEAKER_00: A child who does not receive support faces further dangers.
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  SPEAKER_00: That is why globally the focus is no longer on individual problems but on the child's holistic well-being.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yet beyond this there is a new reality.
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  SPEAKER_00: Children's lives no longer unfold solely on the streets, at school or at home.
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  SPEAKER_00: They are also growing up in the digital world.
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  SPEAKER_00: As UNICEF has highlighted, approximately one third of internet users worldwide are children.
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  SPEAKER_00: Children are encountering digital systems, social media platforms and artificial intelligence applications at increasingly younger ages.
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  SPEAKER_00: This situation raises new questions.
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  SPEAKER_00: A child's personal data can easily be disclosed or shared.
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  SPEAKER_00: It is not difficult to imagine the consequences should this data fall into the wrong hands.
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  SPEAKER_00: Another issue is platforms that normalize violence and abuse.
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  SPEAKER_00: For this reason the relationship between children's rights and cybersecurity is now being discussed more widely around the world.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Save Child initiative is one of the outcomes of this search for solutions because the issue is not just about technology, it is about children's rights.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today protecting children does not simply mean putting a lock on the door.
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  SPEAKER_00: It means establishing a robust child protection system capable of anticipating risks.
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  SPEAKER_00: It means setting up a child monitoring center.
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  SPEAKER_00: It means strengthening children's mental health services.
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  SPEAKER_00: It means ensuring specialization in social services.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it also means protecting children's data, privacy and digital security.
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  SPEAKER_00: Source the story told by three on twelve children